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Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score
Film score by
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
ReleasedDecember 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
Studio
GenreFilm score
Length78:44
Label
Wicked chronology
Wicked: The Soundtrack
(2024) 		Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score
(2024)
John Powell chronology
That Christmas (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
(2024) 		Wicked: The Soundtrack
(2024)

Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score is the film score composed by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz for the 2024 film Wicked by Jon M. Chu, the first of the two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Schwartz and Winnie Holzman. It was released by Republic Records on December 6, 2024.

Production

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On July 8, 2024, it was announced that John Powell would be scoring the film with Stephen Schwartz, who had composed the music for the original stage musical.[1] It was recorded at AIR Studios and Abbey Road Studios in London.[2][3]

Release

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The score album was released on December 6, 2024.[4][5] In addition to digital download and streaming, it was also released on LP.[6]

Accolades

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Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score awards and nominations
Award Year[a] Category Recipients Result Ref.
Astra Creative Arts Awards 2024 Best Original Score John Powell and Stephen Schwartz Nominated [7][8]

Track listing

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Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Arrival at Shiz University"2:07
2."Our Heroes Meet"1:54
3."Nessarose"1:10
4."Meet the Faculty"3:34
5."Elphaba's Power"3:35
6."How to Loathe Your Roommate"3:43
7."History Lesson"3:46
8."Levitate the Coin"2:17
9."All Around Something Bad"2:17
10."Prince Fiyero of Winkie Country"3:16
11."The Book Place"2:00
12."Elphaba at Ozdust"3:02
13."Sharing Secrets"2:00
14."Look at You"1:19
15."Replacement Teacher"3:49
16."Cub Rescue"1:45
17."Forest Feelings"2:02
18."Ozian Invitation"2:30
19."Galinda Becomes Glinda"3:36
20."Train to Emerald City"2:18
21."Hall of Grandiosity"2:40
22."A Wizard's Plan"4:23
23."The Grimmerie"2:06
24."Transformations"8:10
25."Monkey Mayhem"3:40
26."All Around Defying Gravity"5:45
Total length:78:44

Personnel

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All music is composed by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz.[9]
  • Nick Wollage – recording engineer
  • John Michael Caldwell – mixing engineer, recording engineer
  • Jack Dolman – editing engineer
  • Catherine Wilson – editing engineer
  • Laura Agudelo Cuartas – editing engineer
  • Alec Lubin – assistant mixing engineer
  • Patricia Sullivan – mastering engineer
  • Batu Sener – additional music and arrangements
  • Markus Siegel – additional music and arrangements
  • Jonathan Beard – score orchestration
  • Edward Trybek – score orchestration
  • Henri Wilkinson – score orchestration
  • Sean Barrett – additional score orchestration
  • Jennifer Dirkes – additional score orchestration
  • Benjamin Hoff – additional score orchestration
  • Steven Rader – additional score orchestration
  • Jacob Shrum – additional score orchestration
  • Jamie Thierman – additional score orchestration
  • Gavin Greenaway – orchestra conductor
  • John Powell – choir conductor, piano

Musicians

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  • Fenella Barton – violin
  • Mark Berrow – violin
  • Daniel Bhattacharya – violin
  • Maya Bickel – violin
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Charlie Brown – violin
  • Ben Buckton – violin
  • Martin Burgess – violin
  • Emil Chakalov – violin
  • Miranda Dale – violin
  • Harriet Davies – violin
  • Dai Emanuel – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Jenny Godsen – violin
  • Raja Halder – violin
  • Philippe Honoré – violin
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • David Juritz – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Julian Leaper – violin
  • Bea Lovejoy – violin
  • Pauline Lowbury – violin
  • Dorina Markoff – violin
  • Lorraine McAslan – violin
  • Ciaran McCabe – violin
  • Laura Melhuish – violin
  • Steve Morris – violin
  • Greta Mutlu – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Odile Ollagnon – violin
  • Oscar Perks – violin
  • Tom Pigott-Smith – violin
  • Sarah Sexton – violin
  • Nicky Sweeney – violin
  • Anna Szabo – violin
  • Cathy Thompson – violin
  • Clare Thompson – violin
  • Matthew Ward – violin
  • Debbie Widdup – violin
  • Laurie Anderson – viola
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Anne Beilby – viola
  • Elisa Bergersen – viola
  • Sue Dench – viola
  • Clare Finnimore – viola
  • Martin Humbey – viola
  • Helen Kamminga – viola
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Fiona Leggat – viola
  • Lydia Lowndes-Northcott – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Andrew Parker – viola
  • Edward Vanderspar – viola
  • Vicci Wardman – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Katie Wilkinson – viola
  • Chris Allan – cello
  • Anna Beryl – cello
  • Adrian Bradbury – cello
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Sarah Davison – cello
  • Caroline Dearnley – cello
  • Tim Gill – cello
  • Sophie Harris – cello
  • Rachael Lander – cello
  • Zoë Martlew – cello
  • Vicky Matthews – cello
  • Ben Rogerson – cello
  • Frank Schaefer – cello
  • Bozidar Vukotic – cello
  • Juliet Welchman – cello
  • Tony Woollard – cello
  • Lucy Hare – double bass
  • Beverley Jones – double bass
  • Paul Kimber – double bass
  • Roger Linley – double bass
  • Steve Mair – double bass
  • Rupert Ring – double bass
  • Steve Rossell – double bass
  • Beth Symmons – double bass
  • Laurence Ungless – double bass
  • Stephen Williams – double bass
  • Dominic Worsley – double bass
  • David Cuthbert – flute
  • Karen Jones – flute
  • Helen Keen – flute
  • Anna Noakes – flute
  • Tom Blomfield – oboe
  • Tim Rundle – oboe
  • Janey Miller – oboe
  • Joy Farrall – clarinet
  • Maura Marinucci – clarinet
  • Oliver Pashley – clarinet
  • Duncan Ashby – bass clarinet
  • Anthony Pike – bass clarinet
  • Rebecca Austen-Brown – recorder
  • Louise Bradbury – recorder
  • Bradley Knight – recorder
  • Bill Lyons – recorder
  • Eliza Marshall – recorder
  • Rowland Sutherland – recorder
  • David Fuest – contrabass recorder
  • Sarah Burnett – bassoon
  • Paul Boyes contrabassoon
  • Gavin McNaughton – contrabassoon
  • Rachel Simms – contrabassoon
  • Christian Barraclough – trumpet
  • Philip Cobb – trumpet
  • Tom Fountain – trumpet
  • Kate Moore – trumpet
  • Daniel Newell – trumpet
  • Patrick White – trumpet
  • Matt Williams – trumpet
  • Corinne Bailey – French horn
  • Eleanor Blakeney – French horn
  • Ben Hulme – French horn
  • Nicholas Korth – French horn
  • Phillippa Koush-Jalali – French horn
  • Martin Owen – French horn
  • Frank Ricotti – French horn, percussion
  • Tim Thorpe – French horn
  • John Thurgood – French horn
  • Mark Vines – French horn
  • Richard Watkins – French horn
  • Mark Adam Wood, Jr. – French horn
  • Phil Woods – French horn
  • Tracy Holloway – trombone
  • Andy Wood – trombone
  • Barry Clements – bass trombone
  • Ed Tarrant – bass trombone
  • Owen Slade – tuba
  • Chris Baron – percussion
  • Gary Kettel – percussion
  • Julian Poole – percussion
  • Matthew Senior – percussion
  • Bill Lockhart – timpani
  • David Arch – piano, celesta
  • Mark Bass – harp
  • Bryn Lewis – harp
  • Hugh Webb – harp

Vocalists

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  • April Amante – soprano
  • Monique Donnelly – soprano
  • Allie Feder – soprano
  • Graycen Gardner – soprano
  • Kelci Hahn – soprano
  • Elissa Johnston – soprano
  • Caroline McKenzie – soprano
  • Beth Peregrine – soprano
  • Zanaida Robles – soprano
  • Alina Roitstein – soprano
  • Anna Schubert – soprano
  • Holly Sedillos – soprano
  • Kathryn Shuman – soprano
  • Courtney Raine Taylor – soprano
  • Natalie Babbitt Taylor – soprano
  • Chloe Malia Vaught – soprano
  • Suzanne Waters – soprano
  • Andrea Zomorodian – soprano
  • Lindsay Abdou – alto
  • Tehillah Alphonso – alto
  • Jenny Ashman – alto
  • Edie Lehmann Boddicker – alto
  • Mindy Ella Chu – alto
  • Emily Goglia – alto
  • Ayana Haviv – alto
  • Laura Flores Jackman – alto
  • Shabnam Kalbasi – alto
  • Gaayatri Kaundinya – alto
  • Sharon Chohi Kim – alto
  • Sara Mann – alto
  • Baraka May – alto
  • Jessica Rotter Murphy – alto
  • Ann Sheridan – alto
  • Carrah Stamatakis – alto
  • Kristen Toedtman – alto
  • Elyse Willis – alto
  • Matthew Brown – tenor
  • Caleb Curry – tenor
  • Dermot Kiernan – tenor
  • Charlie Kim – tenor
  • Charles Lane – tenor
  • Michael Lichtenauer – tenor
  • Edmond Rodríguez – tenor
  • Fletcher Sheridan – tenor
  • Todd Strange – tenor
  • Greg Whipple – tenor
  • Michael Bannett – bass
  • Reid Bruton – bass
  • David A. Castillo – bass
  • Randy Crenshaw – bass
  • Dylan Gentile – bass
  • William Kenneth Goldman – bass
  • Abdiel González – bass
  • James Hayden – bass
  • Luc Kleiner – bass
  • Ben Han-Wei Lin – bass
  • David Michael Loucks – bass
  • Jamal Michael Moore – bass
  • Adrien Redford – bass
  • Rene Ruiz – bass

Release history

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Release history and formats for Wicked: The Soundtrack
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Various December 6, 2024
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Notes

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  1. ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References

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  1. ^ Sharpe, Josh (July 8, 2024). "John Powell Scoring WICKED Movie With Stephen Schwartz". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Hall, Margaret (November 22, 2024). "Wicked Film Will Release a Score Album". Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Scheps, Leigh (November 21, 2024). "'Wicked' Composer Stephen Schwartz Details His Journey Down The Yellow Brick Road". Grammys. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Sharpe, Josh (November 22, 2024). "WICKED Score Album by Stephen Schwartz and John Powell Drops in December". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  5. ^ Sharpe, Josh (December 6, 2024). "WICKED Movie Album by Stephen Schwartz and John Powell Now Streaming". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Sharpe, Josh (November 27, 2024). "WICKED Movie Score Album Tracklist Revealed; Pre-Orders Now Open". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  7. ^ Pond, Steve (November 25, 2024). "'Wicked' Leads Nominations for Astra Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Davidson, Denton (November 25, 2024). "'Wicked' dominates Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards with record-breaking 19 nominations". GoldDerby. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Powell, John [@johnj_powell] (November 22, 2024). "Thanks to everyone who was a part of this score! Listen to the soundtrack album by Stephen Schwartz: out today - and get ready for the 'score' album by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz: releasing on December 6!". Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Instagram.
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